Cripples are not the stuff of romance. Only Lord Byron, dragging his club foot, springs to mind as an exception to the rule, but such a failing in a man is regarded as interesting, even provocative, rather than disfiguring. Women must submit to a more exacting measure. - Mordecai Richler
Shame on you. Don't tell me you've been married for an hour and you've already got eyes for another woman. - Mordecai Richler
I'm rambling again. Wandering off the point. But this is the true story of my wasted life... - Mordecai Richler
Let me put it this way. Canada is not so much a country as a holding tank filled with the disgruntled progeny of defeated peoples. - Mordecai Richler